The arrival of Julius Caesar (Jean Marchat) in a procession of splendid pomp, followed by his wife Calpurnia (Germaine Montero) and the members of the Senate, among them those who conspired to kill him.

Portia (Marcelle Anson) implores her husband to let her into his secret...

most important artistic companies, musical and theatrical, and it met with the greatest encouragement. A rich program was drawn up for the purpose.

In view of the dazzling success achieved by the first international festival last year, whose operations were managed by Mr. Tony Kazzi with the assistance of Jean Marchat and Francis Saville, the committee thought it best to entrust the direction of this year's festival to the same trio — and this trio set to work at once and carried out preparatory tasks, among them: the lighting of the temples of Baalbek, which consumed 600 floodlights; the clearing of the courtyards of the stones scattered here and there; and the artistic preparation of the site, so that it became fitting and comfortable without losing anything of its authentic character.

Nor do we deny the government's credit for paving the road all the way to Baalbek; everyone who attended the festivals noticed the great change.

The second international festival began its activity on July 28 last with the classical musical programs presented by the "Hamburg Symphony Orchestra," under the direction of Georg Joschum and Leon Barzin. The orchestra is made up of eighty players, among them the world-famous pianist Wilhelm Kempff. On the occasion the orchestra played the second concerto